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Zincite - zinc ore

#AH58554
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Zincite from Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, United States - AH58554
Zincite from Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, United States - AH58554

Zincite - zinc ore

#AH58554
Availability
Sold
Size
7.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
ZnO (RRUFF)
Locality
Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, United States
Tagged
ore specimen

Deep red, large crystalline Zincite. Zincite is the least abundant of the three zinc ores at Franklin, but is also the richest in zinc and contains 80% zinc as compared with about 19 % Zn in franklinite and 58 % Zn in willemite. 

Type Locality

Zincite

Formula
ZnO 
Crystal System
Hexagonal 
Crystal Habit
Massive - Fibrous, Granular, Disseminated 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Sub Metallic 
Color
yellow, dark yellow, dark red, orange 
Streak
yellowish orange 
Class
Hexagonal - Dihexagonal Pyramidal 
Fracture
Sub Conchoidal 
Hardness
4-5 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
Arnold G Hampson Collection
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